Active PMI Credential Holder Statistics – PMI Fact File

The Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded in October 1969 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. PMI launched their first credential, the Project Management Professional (PMP), in 1984 and it has since become a de facto standard certification in project management. PMI has since then, launched 7 additional certifications all within the realm of project management.

In PMI’s monthly publication, ‘PMI Today’, they publish a ‘Fact File’ that shows the current numbers of credential holders. Below is a table that shows the growth of these credentials over the last several years.

Date

PMI
Members

PMP
(1984)

CAPM
(2003)

PgMP
(2007)

PMI-RMP
(2009)

PMI-SP
(2009)

PMI-ACP
(2011)

PfMP
(2014)

PMI-PBA
(2014)

Jun-17

486,551

774,406

33,880

1,967

4,158

1,710

16,283

450

1,479

May-17

486,680

777,202

33,731

1,935

4,117

1,686

15,901

440

1,427

Apr-17

484,657

773,840

33,621

1,896

4,060

1,673

15,621

423

1,376

Mar-17

484,524

761,905

33,383

1,880

4,013

1,652

15,115

412

1,282

Feb-17

478,808

762,148

33,276

1,839

3,966

1,643

14,829

388

1,246

Jan-17

477,616

759,065

33,026

1,811

3,931

1,621

14,542

407

1,214

2016 Growth

-0.5%

8.6%

9.4%

24.3%

13.7%

11.7%

38.3%

47.1%

121.0%

Dec-16

472,269

745,891

32,868

1,788

3,886

1,603

14,021

403

1,127

Nov-16

473,037

745,081

32,608

1,760

3,831

1,597

13,712

394

1,077

Oct-16

475,993

741,007

32,368

1,754

3,783

1,582

13,437

384

1,036

Sept-16

475,827

729,552

32,115

1,733

3,746

1,559

12,971

370

981

Aug-16

476,149

728,929

31,908

1,694

3,714

1,545

12,731

357

952

Jul-16

477,573

724,773

31,855

1,680

3,693

1,521

12,475

346

919

Jun-16

477,582

718,131

31,755

1,662

3,675

1,516

12,044

335

843

May-16

477,134

723,068

31,597

1,626

3,634

1,516

11,801

332

804

Apr-16

479,337

720,078

31,258

1,599

3,585

1,506

11,466

321

725

Mar-16

480,164

712,948

30,994

1,572

3,554

1,494

11,136

314

688

Feb-16

477,992

714,491

30,830

1,528

3,523

1,478

10,898

301

634

Jan-16

482,547

712,515

30,685

1,509

3,488

1,460

10,708

294

609

2015 Growth

4.5%

7.4%

10.5%

23.9%

13.8%

13.2%

39.3%

49.7%

136.1%

Dec-15

478,493

694,534

30,474

1,483

3,443

1,448

10,351

286

569

Nov-15

474,646

686,641

30,032

1,438

3,418

1,435

10,141

274

510

Oct-15

475,899

678,619

29,751

1,418

3,372

1,413

9,916

264

476

Sep-15

471,437

663,238

29,532

1,387

3,335

1,407

9,625

259

453

Aug-15

467,193

669,688

29,273

1,376

3,303

1,394

9,271

252

430

Jul-15

466,645

665,651

29,038

1,356

3,266

1,381

9,355

245

398

Jun-15

462,405

655,576

28,826

1,328

3,253

1,375

8,870

244

359

May-15

462,074

660,338

28,594

1,304

3,215

1,355

8,514

235

333

Apr-15

463,858

658,523

28,280

1,281

3,177

1,345

8,255

223

300

Mar-15

461,609

650,971

27,963

1,252

3,122

1,325

8,026

212

281

Feb-15

457,459

650,915

27,648

1,220

3,090

1,298

7,774

200

258

Jan-15

460,853

645,485

27,478

1,191

3,055

1,284

7,528

191

234

2014 Growth

3.3%

7.5%

11.1%

16.7%

16.2%

16.3%

56.9%

-

-

Dec-14

454,032

639,237

27,168

1,161

3,003

1,268

7,282

183

216

Nov-14

451,664

639,023

26,771

1,131

2,966

1,254

6,987

168

?

Oct-14

454,379

636,384

26,490

1,123

2,932

1,242

6,885

162

?

Sep-14

449,709

626,205

26,184

1,105

2,908

1,227

6,668

154

?

Aug-14

447,129

625,346

25,871

1,091

2,878

1,207

6,450

?

?

Jul-14

447,587

627,844

25,540

1,077

2,837

1,201

6,221

?

?

Jun-14

444,378

617,986

25,717

1,068

2,795

1,194

5,990

?

?

May-14

449,769

618,933

25,672

1,049

2,746

1,185

5,771

?

-

Apr-14

451,871

615,443

25,404

1,036

2,696

1,167

5,511

?

-

Mar-14

450,037

607,128

25,060

1,027

2,669

1,144

5,265

?

-

Feb-14

446,959

605,909

24,789

1,014

2,638

1,118

5,008

?

-

Jan-14

449,803

603,216

24,646

1,004

2,617

1,109

4,825

?

-

2013 Growth

10.6%

16.5%

21.3%

19.3%

43.2%

34.7%

125.0%

-

-

Dec-13

439,677

594,603

24,450

995

2,584

1,090

4,641

?

-

Nov-13

437,576

593,074

24,196

985

2,507

1,036

4,366

-

-

Oct-13

441,425

590,416

23,949

977

2,512

1,033

4,132

-

-

Sep-13

438,357

585,040

23,793

969

2,512

1,033

3,893

-

-

Aug-13

438,681

583,806

23,699

967

2,519

1,037

3,691

-

-

PMP Exam Change…now based on the PMBOK Guide, 5th Edition (first published in Jan 2013)

Jul-13

439,294

582,224

23,560

939

2,334

981

3,468

-

-

Jun-13

435,670

552,977

22,946

914

2,222

948

3,249

-

-

May-13

433,470

545,098

21,915

898

2,166

911

3,056

-

-

Apr-13

424,657

537,413

21,397

875

2,033

893

2,858

-

-

Mar-13

418,080

525,341

20,993

865

1,969

871

2,635

-

-

Feb-13

411,928

521,345

20,700

852

1,918

846

2,461

-

-

Jan-13

408,465

516,229

20,447

850

1,864

826

2,276

-

-

2012 Growth

7.0%

9.2%

22.2%

23.0%

51.0%

40.0%

280.6%

-

-

Dec-12

397,453

510,434

20,157

834

1,805

809

2,063

-

-

Nov-12

395,965

500,082

19,849

823

1,732

780

1,835

-

-

Oct-12

394,851

494,594

19,542

864

1,696

764

1,611

-

-

Sep-12

390,279

482,015

19,201

808

1,626

737

1,416

-

-

Aug-12

388,276

487,867

18,888

805

1,576

720

1,297

-

-

Jul-12

387,199

484,761

18,591

793

1,529

694

1,141

-

-

Jun-12

386,545

474,948

18,227

787

1,472

672

999

-

-

May-12

386,545

479,327

17,924

775

1,423

654

892

-

-

Apr-12

383,118

477,031

17,568

774

1,372

633

758

-

-

Mar-12

382,210

472,102

17,268

771

1,323

632

655

-

-

Feb-12

378,749

472,799

16,939

774

1,280

611

579

-

-

Jan-12

377,589

471,437

16,687

728

1,243

589

542

-

-

2011 Growth

11.2%

13.3%

24.3%

32.7%

103.2%

41.7%

-

-

-

Dec-11

371,575

467,390

16,491

678

1,195

578

?

-

-

Nov-11

370,744

469,051

16,159

654

1,119

562

?

-

-

Oct-11

370,233

468,864

15,938

637

1,083

544

?

-

-

Sep-11

368,349

464,168

15,695

625

1,040

524

?

-

-

Aug-11

366,854

466,163

15,423

606

983

502

-

-

-

Jul-11

362,726

451,868

15,129

599

943

494

-

-

-

Jun-11

357,770

437,999

14,781

584

884

474

-

-

-

May-11

353,326

434,839

14,465

575

826

466

-

-

-

Apr-11

349,524

430,469

14,179

561

786

451

-

-

-

Mar-11

346,730

423,515

13,969

553

741

440

-

-

-

Feb-11

341,906

420,602

13,678

530

677

426

-

-

-

Jan-11

340,232

417,475

13,464

521

622

418

-

-

-

2010 Growth

7.8%

14.2%

29.3%

32.7%

180.0%

71.4%

-

-

-

Dec-10

334,019

412,503

13,272

511

588

408

-

-

-

Nov-10

331,697

409,159

12,925

502

538

387

-

-

-

Oct-10

330,001

403,220

12,729

492

516

377

-

-

-

Sep-10

327,180

400,059

12,565

478

483

369

-

-

-

Aug-10

323,220

397,378

12,367

460

447

357

-

-

-

Jul-10

320,388

393,413

12,111

447

419

341

-

-

-

Jun-10

318,421

389,726

11,785

436

393

327

-

-

-

May-10

317,989

385,096

11,458

421

357

320

-

-

-

Apr-10

317,787

381,111

11,234

412

338

307

-

-

-

Mar-10

317,962

375,959

10,970

400

287

280

-

-

-

Feb-10

315,106

371,014

10,678

396

266

274

-

-

-

Jan-10

314,721

367,619

10,444

393

242

261

-

-

-

2009 Growth

7.8%

13.5%

52.5%

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dec-09

309,715

361,238

10,263

385

210

238

-

-

-

Nov-09

308,102

356,419

10,003

382

199

232

-

-

-

Oct-09

308,485

350,450

9,787

328

181

213

-

-

-

Sep-09

306,180

357,477

9,619

?

?

?

-

-

-

Aug-09

305,191

364,542

9,412

?

?

?

-

-

-

Jul-09

306,111

360,662

9,126

?

?

?

-

-

-

PMP Exam Change…now based on the PMBOK Guide, 4th Edition (first published in Dec 2008)

2 Comments

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